LaWanda Page, the actress who played Aunt Esther, was a friend of Redd Foxx since they were both in Elementary School. She was 2 years older than him, and they both grew up to be successful comedians and actors. LaWanda had many successful comedy albums and was a regular on the comedy circuit. When Redd Foxx got his show, he called his old friend and got her the job of Aunt Esther.
Not only that she was also a dancer nick named: "The Bronze Goddess of Fire" or "LaWanda, the Flame Goddess", Page entertained in small St. Louis nightclubs. Plus she got the job with a small hiccup. One of the show's producers told Foxx that Page must be fired before the show could begin taping. Foxx insisted that Page keep the part, threatening to abandon the show if Page were fired.
I'm a 63 year old white guy and I was raised watching Sanford and Son in the 70's and loved it. Aunt Esther made that show what it was. Without her that show would not have been the success that it was.
Redd Foxx/Fred, & LaWanda Page/Aunt Esther, had been good friends from kids up, so he got her this job on his show so they could act together, Sarah! 👍😍🤩👍
And it played really well when they did all their scenes together. It was one of the best shows ever. I’m glad I got to be a part of that era. I love watching reactions to them too because I remember almost all the episodes the Jeffersons as well and all in the family.
Redd Fox was a famous comedian who told dirty jokes on stage and in his records. But he was so good that he proved that comedy doesn't have to be full of bad words to be funny.
Sweetie, YOU make ME laugh I have the entire S&S collection on DVD. You should get them. Keep laughing, my dear. You make me happy just watching your reactions.
I just realized that the actor who played Uncle Woody also played Ned the Wino on Good Times. Blew me away! Good Times was another really great show. Love your videos❤
They left out one of my favorites, they were goin back and forth and fred says I could throw a piece of tracing paper over your head and draw me a perfect moose face......I was rollin on the floor
Dang lol id love spending summers at grandparents every time that show came on my grandma and grandpa went at it using the exact on same monologue on each other Sanford and son lmao thanks for the memories once again Sarah 😂😅😁
It's amazing what our actors can get away with when they have just the right tone or attitude or delivery with their words...also a forgiving audience. 😊 Charlie Bunker and Fred G. Sanford had gifts that we could laugh with. I grew up watching them on TV and even love it more now watching other people, like you, experiencing some extreme bold script writing with gut-busting laughter back in the 70s and 80s.
Miss Sarah, here we are again watching 50 year old American TV. I love to watch you watch classic Television. You are as entertaining as it is. I sure wish that you could visit my country 🇺🇸 someday. ❤
I'm enjoying watching you and your reactions more than I enjoyed the original programs all those years ago. I like seeing a younger generation enjoy these programs as much as I did.
In this series, Fred's wife, Elizabeth, died some time before the series began. Esther was Elizabeth's sister, and though Esther and Elizabeth loved each other dearly, Esther never approved of Fred. She felt that Elizabeth could do much better than him. Because of that, Fred didn't like her and would throw insults at her every chance he got. As has been stated in other comments, the two actors who played the characters were very close friends.
This was one of my favorite series back in the day. There was another character in Sanford and Son called Julio. He was Fred's neighbor and he was also very funny. Hope you can see one with Julio in it.👀👀
Oh, Sarah! I gotta tell you. Red Foxx was on The Hollywood Squares, the same show you reacted to with Paul Lynde. I want to give you one of the contest questions between the show host and Red Foxx. The host asked Foxx "Are most stolen cars recovered? Red Foxx replied with "I had one recovered in zebra once."
Fun facts Red Fox was in his forties when he played Fred. Red Fox Died of a heart attack on the set of a sitcom. when he said he was having the heart attack nobody believed him they thought he was doing his heart attack routine.
SD: ''There's nothing wrong with her...'' FGS: ''There's nothing right either!'' This sort of family relationship is quite durable, Fred and Esther may engage in this merry war of words, but let anyone outside the family be so bold, and there would be instant consequences and repercussions!
There is one funny line that a lot of people may have missed. It's when Aunt Esther says about having a baby "I'm going to be a mother." And Fred opens his mouth to say something and Aunt Esther says "Watch it, sucker!" I loved this but not everyone may have picked up on the joke. Here is the way I wished they had done this exchange. It would be Aunt Ester saying "I'm going to be a mother" and to make sure nobody missed what was implied they should have immediately had Fred say MOST of the implied line OUT LOUD which would have been "You already are a..." and THEN Aunt Ester jumps in with "Watch it, sucker!"
You should watch his stand up. If you can find videos of the Chitlin' Circuit. Some of the legends of music and comedy were 8n this circuit. 2 of his wives can’t even sell a book or a movie about him because the first $3.5 million and possibly the interest grown since 1991.
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I loved this show as a kid and find it even funnier as an adult! American television today is SO bad. None of the "conedies" are funny. The stories are old and tired just like the jokes and the writers are political hacjs with no talent and no comedy, and their worldview is narrow, suspicious, paranoid, mean, vicious, closed-minded and worse aggressive and dogmatic in the what possible way. They beat their x audience over the head with woje Baker the overwhelming majority of us wholly reject and children that they are, interesting of learning the lesson and chasing things up, they lecture us, puroosrly insultour intelligence, condescend to us and threaten. There is almost nothing original in American entertainment anymore. It's why i don't pay for any television service anymore and haven't since it became necessary Shows like this are so hilarious and fun to watch because they were edgy without being obnoxious. They were a product of the era but poked fun at the worst parts of our society at the time while paving a way to improve it. No agendas, no political posturing. Yes they made commentary on society but with hilarious comedy, funny stories, and good fun unlike today's collapsing woke nonsense. Wokism attempted to kill comedy with its pathological corrosion of universal human values shared by all human beings everywhere in the world. These shows are a balm and as you experienced, it's laughter that's good for the soul. Great medicine and exactly what our world needs again! Many of us who grew on shows like this refuse to allow workism to win. Life must have laughter in it. I have the DVDs and/or BluRays for all my favorite childhood shows like this one and when i get fed up with the world's crap, I shut it out, put on these shows and remember a joyius, fun, time when laughter was appreciated, comedy was nit used as a political weapon against people, and when people were more mature both emotionally and cognitively and knew what to take seriously and knew what was just for fun. With Wokism nothing is funny and everything is an insult. Also these shows didn't have to be vulgar and filthy, as too many shows are now. In fact tiday their shows are generally, as the worldview is specifically, miserable, pathetic, and morally and ethically babkrupt as are the people who buy into that crap. For me and my generation ( Gen X), we will not surrender to wokeness, and thank God it's collapsing. We knew then what the woke crowd needs to understand today ... That what you can laugh at can't hurt you. What you can innocently poke fun at can't insult or harm you. We knew that back then. So, we choose the live not in fear and with hurt feelings like emotionally immature children with bad attitudes, profound ignorance, and no ounce of common sense or basic human decency. No, today we are counter-culture, and very happy to be so. We're sharing what we grew with because it was fun, funny, and valuably meaningful in the best of ways without being humorless and dogmatic inthe worst kind of way. These shiws reflect a time when we were very united and getting along. With shows like this, The Golden Girls, The Cosby Show, 227, Amen, Good Times, and others from the 70's and 80's we were a better society than today. That's what we hope to restore... Maturity, fun, wisdom, unity, laughter, shared common dreams, and celebrations of BOTH our samenesses AND differences.
There is one funny line that a lot of people may have missed. It's when Aunt Esther says about having a baby "I'm going to be a mother." And Fred opens his mouth to say something and Aunt Esther says "Watch it, sucker!" I loved this but not everyone may have picked up on the joke. Here is the way I wished they had done this exchange. It would be Aunt Esther saying "I'm going to be a mother" and to make sure nobody missed what was implied they should have immediately had Fred say MOST of the implied line OUT LOUD which would have been "You already are a..." and THEN Aunt Esther jumps in with "Watch it, sucker!"
The writing was absolutely brilliant.
LaWanda Page, the actress who played Aunt Esther, was a friend of Redd Foxx since they were both in Elementary School.
She was 2 years older than him, and they both grew up to be successful comedians and actors. LaWanda had many successful comedy albums and was a regular on the comedy circuit. When Redd Foxx got his show, he called his old friend and got her the job of Aunt Esther.
Not only that she was also a dancer nick named: "The Bronze Goddess of Fire" or "LaWanda, the Flame Goddess", Page entertained in small St. Louis nightclubs. Plus she got the job with a small hiccup. One of the show's producers told Foxx that Page must be fired before the show could begin taping. Foxx insisted that Page keep the part, threatening to abandon the show if Page were fired.
I'm a 63 year old white guy and I was raised watching Sanford and Son in the 70's and loved it. Aunt Esther made that show what it was. Without her that show would not have been the success that it was.
This and All in the Family.
I just turned 60, so I'm right there with you.
Back when shows where good n no one got offended
I always loved to watch Sanford and Son.
Happy times!
Aunt Esther could evaporate a brick wall by glaring at it. 🤣
Redd Foxx/Fred, & LaWanda Page/Aunt Esther, had been good friends from kids up, so he got her this job on his show so they could act together, Sarah! 👍😍🤩👍
And it played really well when they did all their scenes together. It was one of the best shows ever. I’m glad I got to be a part of that era. I love watching reactions to them too because I remember almost all the episodes the Jeffersons as well and all in the family.
He employed a lot friends who were not actors, as I understand it. His best friend on the show Grady. This is what I've heard anyway. ❤✌️
Their chemistry together was pure magic.
I didn’t know that! How cool!
@@kierstenridgway4634 Fun fact is Lamont and Grady were only 16 years apart in age in real life.
This was one of the BEST shows!
Redd Fox was a famous comedian who told dirty jokes on stage and in his records. But he was so good that he proved that comedy doesn't have to be full of bad words to be funny.
I love it every time Aunt Esther calls someone "heathen."
Nobody says heathen anymore
Yaaaas! 😂🤣😂 She was a riot on this show!!!
They had some classic recurring side characters. Rollo, Julio, Grady and Bubba, the officers Smitty and Hoppy, Woody and Esther among others.
It is funny, because they were real good friends in life.
Sweetie, YOU make ME laugh
I have the entire S&S collection on DVD. You should get them.
Keep laughing, my dear.
You make me happy just watching your reactions.
When I was younger I would lay on the floor and laugh as I watched this show. I was born in ‘66
Same!
I just realized that the actor who played Uncle Woody also played Ned the Wino on Good Times. Blew me away! Good Times was another really great show. Love your videos❤
Good reaction. It's still my favorite sitcom to this day
Thank you my dear. As we watched this we always waited for that moment for him to meet AUNT ESTHER!!! I know you will enjoy.
They were so funny!! 😂😂
They left out one of my favorites, they were goin back and forth and fred says I could throw a piece of tracing paper over your head and draw me a perfect moose face......I was rollin on the floor
My favorite was when he said “She look like the part of the Polaroid you tear off.” 😂
Love your reactions, Sarah! You have such a lovely heart and sense of humor.
Dang lol id love spending summers at grandparents every time that show came on my grandma and grandpa went at it using the exact on same monologue on each other Sanford and son lmao thanks for the memories once again Sarah 😂😅😁
It's amazing what our actors can get away with when they have just the right tone or attitude or delivery with their words...also a forgiving audience. 😊 Charlie Bunker and Fred G. Sanford had gifts that we could laugh with. I grew up watching them on TV and even love it more now watching other people, like you, experiencing some extreme bold script writing with gut-busting laughter back in the 70s and 80s.
My favorite moments on the show was when Aunt Esther showed up.
I loved this show and watched it growing up.
I grew up with all in the family and sanford and son. Love your hair and your reactions
Miss Sarah, here we are again watching 50 year old American TV. I love to watch you watch classic Television. You are as entertaining as it is. I sure wish that you could visit my country 🇺🇸 someday. ❤
😂😂😂
Great Reaction 👍🙏💯😎
Loved this show. Used to watch with my grandfather
My favorite 70’s tv sitcom! Fred and Aunt Esther had the best roast sessions ever 😂😂😂😂😂
I'm enjoying watching you and your reactions more than I enjoyed the original programs all those years ago. I like seeing a younger generation enjoy these programs as much as I did.
In this series, Fred's wife, Elizabeth, died some time before the series began. Esther was Elizabeth's sister, and though Esther and Elizabeth loved each other dearly, Esther never approved of Fred. She felt that Elizabeth could do much better than him. Because of that, Fred didn't like her and would throw insults at her every chance he got. As has been stated in other comments, the two actors who played the characters were very close friends.
another great old show !!! Loved it
Loved this show growing up, it never gets old. Lovely to see you laugh, Sarah. 😊
Loved that show, so funny 😂
This was one of my favorite series back in the day. There was another character in Sanford and Son called Julio. He was Fred's neighbor and he was also very funny. Hope you can see one with Julio in it.👀👀
When we weren’t afraid to say what we wanted ❤
Oh, Sarah! I gotta tell you. Red Foxx was on The Hollywood Squares, the same show you reacted to with Paul Lynde. I want to give you one of the contest questions between the show host and Red Foxx. The host asked Foxx "Are most stolen cars recovered? Red Foxx replied with "I had one recovered in zebra once."
That's how I used to laugh at the show in the 70s. 😂
This when comedy was funny and no holds barred. The pacing and delivery of Fred and Aunt Esther was amazing.
They don't make 'em like they used to . . . . Hallelujah . . .
The way Aunt Esther exits in this video clip? True professional. Top notch.
Classic character from a TV Hall of Fame show.
I watched this as kid at age 9 to 12. So funny 😂😅
I love your laugh and smile. They're so infectious. Subscribed!!
one of my favorite shows growing up......loved Red Foxx
I grew up watching this show. My dad loved it. It’s still funny!
Your hair is beautiful! This show is very iconic in American TV. And it’s very funny! I’m not sure if you could get away with this today. 😂
Thank you . Your laugh gave me a much needed laugh
I love hearing you laugh. Always enjoyed that show.
Fun facts Red Fox was in his forties when he played Fred. Red Fox Died of a heart attack on the set of a sitcom. when he said he was having the heart attack nobody believed him they thought he was doing his heart attack routine.
Sarah if you enjoyed this, you will really enjoy Fred vs Esther Part 2 and Part 3.
Enjoy the rest of your day and may God Bless You and your family!
Only two true friends could have played this.
Wow! I remember most of these. I'm older now but it's still funny.
I watched a skit with them two in it. They were swapping insults and fighting cracking up at each other.
Love the reactions you are awesome
This show and All in The Family, man I couldn't stand these shows when I was a kid. They hit so hard now though! Brilliant comedy and writing.
His cookie insult is legendary. XD
I love your laugh! ❤
laWanda Page who played Esther did some hard core eight track tapes back in the day 🤗😉
Hilarious 🤣😂
Fred refused to even do the show without Ester. They were best friends in high school! Awesome right?? And your laugh is awesome!
They actually loved each other, they loved to give each other a hard time but if they needed anything the other one was there
that was our entertainment back then Red Fox Laugh In All in the Family Sonny and Cher
I think I have seen every episode .Very funny..😊
Cool reaction. They had some battles.
SD: ''There's nothing wrong with her...''
FGS: ''There's nothing right either!''
This sort of family relationship is quite durable, Fred and Esther may engage in this merry war of words, but let anyone outside the family be so bold, and there would be instant consequences and repercussions!
LaWanda Page was actually quite the model in her day, which makes the ugly jokes so ironic!
You're so funny! 😂
Red Foxx wouldn’t do this show without Aunt Esther true story
There is one funny line that a lot of people may have missed. It's when Aunt Esther says about having a baby "I'm going to be a mother." And Fred opens his mouth to say something and Aunt Esther says "Watch it, sucker!" I loved this but not everyone may have picked up on the joke. Here is the way I wished they had done this exchange. It would be Aunt Ester saying "I'm going to be a mother" and to make sure nobody missed what was implied they should have immediately had Fred say MOST of the implied line OUT LOUD which would have been "You already are a..." and THEN Aunt Ester jumps in with "Watch it, sucker!"
She won many beauty pageants
My favorite insult of Fred’s to her was “whoever said black is beautiful took one look at you and said “woah hold everything”.
Maybe the funniest show I've ever seen lol. RIP Redd Foxx
You see. Old school isn't as bad as you thought.
Aunt Esther used to call fred a fish eyed fool i used to love her for that.
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The woman who played Esther used makeup, hair styling and facial expressions to look less attractive in the show.
🤣
You should watch his stand up. If you can find videos of the Chitlin' Circuit. Some of the legends of music and comedy were 8n this circuit. 2 of his wives can’t even sell a book or a movie about him because the first $3.5 million and possibly the interest grown since 1991.
Not sure if this is the best place to request your reaction to a song but I'll try. "Elusive Butterfly" by Bob Lind. Many thanks.
So you never watched Sanford & Son!😮😅
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If you really want to laugh, check out whose line is it anyway, things you can say about your _ but not your girlfriend!!
If u watch the show enough u will see that Fred is just a hater
I loved this show as a kid and find it even funnier as an adult! American television today is SO bad. None of the "conedies" are funny. The stories are old and tired just like the jokes and the writers are political hacjs with no talent and no comedy, and their worldview is narrow, suspicious, paranoid, mean, vicious, closed-minded and worse aggressive and dogmatic in the what possible way. They beat their x audience over the head with woje Baker the overwhelming majority of us wholly reject and children that they are, interesting of learning the lesson and chasing things up, they lecture us, puroosrly insultour intelligence, condescend to us and threaten. There is almost nothing original in American entertainment anymore. It's why i don't pay for any television service anymore and haven't since it became necessary Shows like this are so hilarious and fun to watch because they were edgy without being obnoxious. They were a product of the era but poked fun at the worst parts of our society at the time while paving a way to improve it. No agendas, no political posturing. Yes they made commentary on society but with hilarious comedy, funny stories, and good fun unlike today's collapsing woke nonsense. Wokism attempted to kill comedy with its pathological corrosion of universal human values shared by all human beings everywhere in the world. These shows are a balm and as you experienced, it's laughter that's good for the soul. Great medicine and exactly what our world needs again! Many of us who grew on shows like this refuse to allow workism to win. Life must have laughter in it. I have the DVDs and/or BluRays for all my favorite childhood shows like this one and when i get fed up with the world's crap, I shut it out, put on these shows and remember a joyius, fun, time when laughter was appreciated, comedy was nit used as a political weapon against people, and when people were more mature both emotionally and cognitively and knew what to take seriously and knew what was just for fun. With Wokism nothing is funny and everything is an insult. Also these shows didn't have to be vulgar and filthy, as too many shows are now. In fact tiday their shows are generally, as the worldview is specifically, miserable, pathetic, and morally and ethically babkrupt as are the people who buy into that crap. For me and my generation ( Gen X), we will not surrender to wokeness, and thank God it's collapsing. We knew then what the woke crowd needs to understand today ... That what you can laugh at can't hurt you. What you can innocently poke fun at can't insult or harm you. We knew that back then. So, we choose the live not in fear and with hurt feelings like emotionally immature children with bad attitudes, profound ignorance, and no ounce of common sense or basic human decency. No, today we are counter-culture, and very happy to be so. We're sharing what we grew with because it was fun, funny, and valuably meaningful in the best of ways without being humorless and dogmatic inthe worst kind of way. These shiws reflect a time when we were very united and getting along. With shows like this, The Golden Girls, The Cosby Show, 227, Amen, Good Times, and others from the 70's and 80's we were a better society than today. That's what we hope to restore... Maturity, fun, wisdom, unity, laughter, shared common dreams, and celebrations of BOTH our samenesses AND differences.
There is one funny line that a lot of people may have missed. It's when Aunt Esther says about having a baby "I'm going to be a mother." And Fred opens his mouth to say something and Aunt Esther says "Watch it, sucker!" I loved this but not everyone may have picked up on the joke. Here is the way I wished they had done this exchange. It would be Aunt Esther saying "I'm going to be a mother" and to make sure nobody missed what was implied they should have immediately had Fred say MOST of the implied line OUT LOUD which would have been "You already are a..." and THEN Aunt Esther jumps in with "Watch it, sucker!"